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You have this new poll now that has him out in the lead. >> i think jeb bush is dealing with it just right, frankly. he is not going out there and making it a proactive issue. he has important policy issues that are of great significance to the nation that hes talking about. but if a question comes up, i think he is not hedging. he is not mincing words. he is being civil and hes taking high road. i think he is making it very clear that donald trump does not represent him. does not represent ever...

>> not yet. but shes having to deal with the summer of sanders as ive called it. whats happening inside this poll is, he has consolidated support from elizabeth warren, so hes getting all those people and hes getting people that want to give her a contest. so the question does how does she respond to this. she is increasingly talking more about republicans. shes attacking republicans to try and get some of those democrats by name and shes going to be doing more of that. but she is also being pul...

How we get through this moment and the speech did have policy in there. i think thats important. hes talking about criminal justice reform and thats been the theme of the week from the podcast where he started through that speech where we have to get to these policy issues if were going to deal with the root causes of racism. >> and not an easy thing to do the both affirm the theological point that kelly is making but also a very clear policy point where hes like look were going to have to have ...

This first debate and the fact that this decision, this, i i think, irrational -- not irrational but unfortunate decision that isnt good for all the candidates and it doesnt seem fair to most people this decision was not necessarily made by the republican party. it was made by the host of the debate, which is fox news which is not just a typical media outlet when it comes to its relationship with the republican party. can the party go back to fox and renegotiate this? >> i think both fox news an...

To have a debate a and a debate b. so i think those processes are being debated and discussed right now. now, what i will say is that the party fortunately has an embarrassment in riches in terms of the number of serious minded really qualified candidates that were able to field right now. so we do have former governors, we have sitting senators, folks that have a serious voice in policy issues. unfortunately, the democrats -- and i have a lot of friends who are democrats, its unfortunate that t...

To fight isis dont have weapons. these are policy issues. the first policy issue does it matter? it matters then ask for five six, seven point plan to increase what we do within certain parameters. one of those for me is no u.s. military major combat units. dont put brigade back or division back. arm the people out. >> its also complicated. you cant buy into the my enemy is my friend. not in this case. it seems were on the same side as iran in iraq. it seems the more we do against isis in syria ...

Careful. and if we do go back in i think we need to understand why and what the probability of success is and exactly what were going to do and what the limits are. >> what does "go back in" mean to richard clark, something more than military advisers? >> i dont think a lot more than that. we have 3,000 troops on the ground. we have boots on the ground. they are advisers. theyre special forces for the most part. they could easily become people at the front advising units in combat and calling in...

Right. this is the one policy question that he should have absolutely anticipated. its problematic he didnt. i think thats why you also saw other candidates like marco rubio and ted cruz quickly distance themselves from jeb bushs original answer. become increasingly frustrated with the fact that hillary clinton continues to get a free pass on the policy issues. she refuses to take big stances on trade and also flip-flopped on issues like iraq, immigration, gay marriage and criminal justice. quit...

He stole my points but they are valid points. there are huge policy issues that she and he will have to navigate based on his presidency. its not just gay rights. its not just criminal justice. but things like banking policy for instance. >> grass steigel. >> those are major elements of his legacy that she will have to figure out how to navigate. he can make simple statements through his press office. but either one of those will have to be made because shes running for president and those are l...

Of yemen is long. it runs up through the red sea, so they could try to put those weapons aboard any of those places. so theres going to be several days of watching the ships as its along the coast. >> dion nissenbaum, thank you for helping us understand it. fascinating stuff. >> thank you its weird theres all this political debate technically about foreign policy and whether or not president obama is a strong leader. all the stuff thats going on around 2016 politicking and republican candidate...